Matthew 4:1

Matthew 4:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
• New International Version (NIV)Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

Context of Matthew 4:1

Then Yeshua was led by the Ruach into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2After He had fasted for forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. 3And when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are Ben-Elohim, tell these stones to become bread.”

Matthew 4:1 word by word

Τότε ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀνήχθη εἰς τὴν ἔρημον ὑπὸ τοῦ πνεύματος πειρασθῆναι ὑπὸ τοῦ διαβόλου.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Thenτότεtote · thenG5119
• wasἀνάγωanagō · to leadG321
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• ofὑπόhupo · by/under: byG5259
• the Spiritπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the wildernessἔρημοςerēmos · desertedG2048
• to be temptedπειράζωpeirazō · to test/tempt: temptG3985
• the devilδιάβολοςdiabolos · devilish/the DevilG1228

Cross-references for Matthew 4:1

• Mark 1:12That instant, the Ruach drives Him into the wilderness.
• Luke 4:1Yeshua, now filled with the Ruach ha-Kodesh, returned from the Jordan. He was led by the Ruach in the wilderness
• Romans 8:14For all who are led by the Ruach Elohim, these are sons of God.
• 1 Kings 18:12But as soon as I leave you, the Ruach Adonai may carry you off where I wouldn’t know. Then, when I come and tell Ahab and he can’t find you, he’ll kill me! Now I, your servant, have feared Adonai since my youth.
• 2 Kings 2:16Then they said to him, “Behold now, there are 50 strong men with your servants. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Ruach Adonai has taken him up and cast him onto some mountain or into some valley.” But he said, “Don’t send them.”
• Ezekiel 3:12Then the Ruach lifted me up. I heard behind me the sound of a great earthquake—“Blessed is the glory of Adonai from His place!”—
• Ezekiel 8:3Something like the form of a hand stretched out, and took me by the hair of my head. The Ruach lifted me up between the earth and the heaven. He brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner court facing north—where the idol that provokes furious jealousy was.
• Ezekiel 11:1Then the Ruach lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of Adonai’s House, facing east. Behold, at the door of the gate, were 25 men. I saw among them Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.
• Ezekiel 40:2In visions God brought me to the land of Israel and set me down upon a very high mountain. On it, toward the south, was something like the construction of a city.
• Ezekiel 43:5The Ruach took me up and brought me into the inner court. Then behold, the glory of Adonai filled the House.
• Acts 8:39When they came up out of the water, the Ruach Adonai snatched Philip away. The eunuch saw no more of him, for he went on his way, rejoicing.
• Genesis 3:15I will put animosity between you and the woman— between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will crush his heel.
• John 14:30“I will not talk with you much longer, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has nothing on Me.
• Hebrews 2:18Because He Himself suffered when put to the test, He is able to help those being tested.
• Hebrews 4:15For we do not have a kohen gadol who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all the same ways—yet without sin.

Commentaries on Matthew 4:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit - This transaction appears to have taken place immediately after Christ's baptism; and this bringing up of Christ was through the influence of the Spirit of God; that Spirit which had rested upon him in his baptism. To be tempted - The first act of the ministry of Jesus Christ was a combat with Satan. Does not this receive light from Genesis 3:17. I will put enmity between the woman's seed and thy seed: it shall bruise…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit - Led up by the Spirit. Luke says Luke 4:1 that Jesus was “full of the Holy Spirit;” and it was by his influence, therefore, that he went into the desert to be tempted. It was not done by presumption on the part of Jesus, nor was it for a mere display of his power in resisting temptation; but it was evidently that it might be seen that his holiness was such that he could not be seduced from allegiance to God. When the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The temptation of Christ. (1-11) The opening of Christ's ministry in Galilee. (12-17) Call of Simon and others. (18-22) Jesus teaches and works miracles. (23-25) Verses 1-11 Concerning Christ's temptation, observe, that directly after he was declared to be the Son of God, and the Saviour of the world, he was tempted; great privileges, and special tokens of Divine favour, will not secure any from being tempted. But if the Holy Spirit witness to our being…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Jesus was led by the Spirit: God arranged this test to examine the Messiah’s character (see Deuteronomy 8:2). to be tempted by the devil: God started this test of character, using the devil's wish to lead Jesus into sin. God tempts no one (James 1:13–14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-111. Then--an indefinite note of sequence. But Mark's word (Mr 1:12) fixes what we should have presumed was meant, that it was "immediately" after His baptism; and with this agrees the statement of Luke (Lu 4:1). was Jesus led up--that is, from the low Jordan valley to some more elevated spot. of the Spirit--that blessed Spirit immediately before spoken of as descending upon Him at His baptism, and abiding upon Him. Luke, connecting these two scenes, as if…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 4:1

• Fasting
• Holy Spirit
• Jesus Continued
• Satan
• Temptation
• Wilderness

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Commentaries on Matthew 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings